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Aaron Pinson Jr. (bef. 1729 - bef. 1801)

Aaron Pinson Jr.
Born before in Spottsylvania County, Colony of Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 1751 in Lunnenburg, Virginiamap
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Died before at about age 72 in Granville County, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

The exact time of Aaron's birth is unknown, but his inclusion in the 1748-49 Lunenburg County, Virginia Tithables list proves he was born no later than 1728. Since his parents, Aaron Pinson and his wife Elizabeth, can be proven by multiple land records, to have lived in Spotsylvania County, Virginia from at least 6 May 1727 until after 5 October 1731, it is probable that he was born there. While the maiden name and ancestry of Aaron Jr's mother is unproven, it has long been theorized that she may have been Elizabeth (Rambo) Pinson .

Aaron Jr's father was involved in a large tobacco transaction in October 1731 and since winter was approaching, it's believed the family took the long trip from Spotsylvania County to Brunswick County in the spring of 1732. Aaron would have been a small boy at the time. The family probably followed the Rappahannock River downstream to Fredericksburg, then took the Fall Line Road all the way to Brunswick County. They were fully settled by 10 October 1733, when Colonel William Byrd II, one of the richest men in the colonies, visited their cabin on Tewahominy Creek (later called Aaron’s Creek), per Byrd's journal, a transcription of which is still in print. (See Aaron's father's profile for sources.)

Aaron spent most of his youth in Brunswick County, Virginia near the North Carolina border. It's not known when he married Delilah (Stovall) Pinson, but it is likely it was a few miles south of his residence in Granville County, North Carolina where Delilah's father, John Stovall lived. Delilah is shown by first name in several documents including Aaron's will and, after his death, in the U.S. census for Granville County. However, Delilah's identity and lineage was proven in her father's will, written 9 July 1781 in Granville County, North Carolina. A phrase in the will read: "Eleventhly, I give and bequeath unto my son in law Aaron Pinson a negro girl named Phillis and her increase from this time." [1] Aaron and Delilah had 12 known children, who were proven as named in Aaron's own 1801 will.

In April 1846, Lunenburg County was created from Brunswick County, Virginia. The first public record found for Aaron Jr was his witnessing a Lunenburg County document in 1747. Virginia law required he only be 14 years old to witness a will, so that record provides little help in estimating his birth year. However, Aaron Jr's next know document is more helpful. He and his father appear in sequence on the 1748-49 Lunenburg County (formed from Brunswick County in 1746) tithables list and that proves he was born no later than 1728.

Within it's first 18 years, four daughter counties were born from Lunenburg County including Halifax in 1752 and Mecklenburg in 1764. Aaron, and kin, being shown in these various counties was no indication of a move. The county boundaries were moving, not the Pinsons. On 4 November 1760, John Pinson of Lunenburg County sold land on the Roanoke River bordering Aaron Pinson, Dec'd (Aaron Pinson Sr.). A. Pinson witnessed the transaction. In 1764, Aaron Pinson appeared on the Lunenburg County tithables list, as did John and Thomas Pinson, Moses Grieg and Thomas Stovall. [2]

On 10 August 1765, Aaron Pinson and wife Delilah of Mecklenburg County sold 100 acres on the south side of Roanoak River to Thomas Penson of Mecklenburg County for £16. Witnesses: Thos. Stoval, John Williamson, William Fowler.[3]

By 1769, Aaron made a very short move across the border into Granville County, North Carolina, where his Stovall in-laws were living. On 19 July 1769, Aaron bought 50 acres on the north side of Jonathan Creek in the extreme northwest corner of Granville county on the state line. He paid tax for 1 white & 1 black that year. In 1771, he was taxed for three white persons. In 1776, he was named in the "Grassy Creek Baptist Church" records (Granville County).

The 3 January 1792 will of Ambrose Jones of Granville County, North Carolina identified land he owned as being on Aaron's Creek in Granville County. Aaron Pinson's son Zachariah was a purchaser at the Jones Estate sale. [4] This was the same Aaron's Creek that formed part of the boundary line between Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties in Virginia. The creek was said to be named for Aaron's father, Aaron Pinson Sr., one of the first white residents in the area. The import of this is that it showed that Aaron Pinson spent all his adult life in a very small area. Aaron's parents moved just north of the North Carolina border in southern Brunswick County, Virginia circa 1731. That part of Brunswick later became Lunenburg County, from which came Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, both bordering Granville County in North Carolina. [5]

In 1800, Aaron was listed on the U.S. Census for Hillsboro, Granville County, North Carolina only two doors from son Zachariah Pinson [6] [7].

Aaron Pinson of Granville County, North Carolina, executed his will on 5 April 1801. He was deceased before May 1801 sessions of Granville County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions when his will was proved and recorded.[8]

Aaron Pinson devised and bequeathed all his real estate and all his personal property to his beloved wife Delilah for her lifetime with the exception of "a neggrow girl by the name of Hanner." He stated he had twelve children and that they were to inherit equally [after his wife's death] [9]:

  1. Thomas Pinson
  2. Elizabeth (Pinson) Camel
  3. Dorcas (Pinson) Austin
  4. Sarah (Pinson) Read
  5. Ann (Pinson) Cunningham [wife of William Cunningham; Amy's share of Aaron's estate was bequeathed to her children James Cunningham and Sarah Cunningham] AKA 'Sally'.
  6. William Pinson
  7. Aaron Pinson III
  8. John Pinson
  9. Mary (Pinson) Evans
  10. Isaac Pinson
  11. David Pinson
  12. Zachariah Pinson

In 1820, Aaron's widow, Delilah Pinson was listed on the U.S. Census for Granville County, North Carolina [10].

Confusion between different Aaron Pinsons

There have been many people named Aaron Pinson and the Aaron Pinson of this profile has been confused with those in the next generation and even with his father, Aaron Pinson Sr.. He is most often confused with his believed first cousin, Rev. Aaron Pinson, both being approximately the same age. Such confusion need not occur if researchers would pay greater attention to time and location, before ascribing events to a particular person.

Misascription of events to this Aaron Pinson have been printed in various places including the book by Gee cited below as a source. In particular, the sale of property to the Patriot cause was ascribed to this Aaron Pinson and used by descendants to claim DAR membership. The event actually occurred in that part of North Carolina that later became Tennessee and belonged to this Aaron Pinson's cousin, Rev. Aaron Pinson, or his son of the same name. When informed of the facts, DAR blocked applications using that event as proof. It is likely the Aaron Pinson of this profile was a loyalist, since he did not sign the Oath of Allegiance to the State of North Carolina.

To prevent confusion between Aaron and his like named cousin consider these facts:

  1. This Aaron Pinson (Pinson-574)
    1. Was born on, or before,1728 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and moved to Brunswick County, Virginia, on the north Carolina border, as a child.
    2. He spent the rest of his life in a very small area in the jurisdictions of Brunswick, Lunenburg and MecKlenburg counties in Virginia and the contiguous County of Granville North Carolina.
    3. Delilah Stovall was his only known wife.
    4. He died before May 1801 (when his will was proven) in Granville County, North Carolina.
    5. He never lived in, or per known records was within fifty miles of, Orange or Wilkes Counties, or Washington District in North Carolina nor did he ever live in Laurens County/District in South Carolina.
    6. This Aaron Pinson's Revolutionary War service, if any, has not been proven. He was probably neutral, or a loyalist.
  1. Aaron's cousin, Rev. Aaron Pinson
    1. Moved, with his brother Joseph, from Fairfax County, Virginia to Orange County, North Carolina circa 1750. While there he ran a grist mill and served as a lieutenant in the militia.
    2. Moved, with his brother Joseph, to Laurens District, South Carolina in the late 1760's. While there, he was a Baptist minister.
    3. Just prior to the Revolution, moved with his family to the Overmountain Colony on the Nolachucky River in what is now northeastern Tennessee. There his sons served in the defense against the Cherokee allies of the British and he served as a community leader and was later appointed a judge in the Washington District. [11].
    4. In the early 1780's records showed him in Wilkes County, North Carolina which then extended into present day Tennessee. He then returned to Laurens District, South Carolina where he was listed on the 1790 census. [12]
    5. His only known wife was named Elizabeth, whose maiden name is unknown.
    6. He is believed to have died in Laurens District, South Carolina shortly after his will was written there on 21 February 1794. But his estate was not settled until after the death of his widow. The date of 3 September 1803 was for the estate settlement and believed years after his death.

Sources

  1. ↑ WILL OF JOHN STOVALL (1700-1781) recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Granville County, North Carolina, in Record of WILLS, Book 1, page 313. As transcribed in the book SOUTHERN KITH AND KIN. Volume 4. By by Jewel Davis Scarborough. Abilene, Texas. Page 290 of 432 pages. This book has been digitized and may be read at: https://ia800901.us.archive.org/4/items/southernkithkinr04scar/southernkithkinr04scar.pdf
  2. ↑ "The list of Tithables taken by Edmund Taylor in Lunenburg County, St. James Parish, for the year, 1764." as transcribed in the book Sunlight on the Southside. Lists of Tithes, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1748-1783. By Landon C. Bell. May 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ Mecklenburg County, Virginia, deed book 1: 120 as cited by Miles Philbeck, "Gilbert and Nancy Pinson from Mecklenburg Co., Virginia," in Bulletin of The Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, vol. XLVIII, no. 3 (Fall 2020): 139-145; pp. 144-145 discuss "Forebears of Gilbert Pinson," including Aaron and Deilah (Stovall) Pinson.
  4. ↑ Will and Estate of Ambrose Jones, (Sr.)Granville County, North Carolina (1792) Will of Ambrose Jones(transcribed by Craig Kilby)Will dated 3 January 1792. Proved November 1792. Recorded in Will Book 2, p. 320 Granville Co Circuit Clerk's Office, Oxford, NC. Original at North Carolina State Archives,Box CR.044.801.21.
  5. ↑ Unpublished research by G. Pinson (Pinson-796) and others involving multiple sources.
  6. ↑ 1800 U.S. Census, digital image, FamilySearch : accessed 1 February 2020, Aron Penson, Hillsboro, Granville, North Carolina, p. 540; FHL microfilm 337,907; citing National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publication M32, roll 31.
  7. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Hillsboro, Granville, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 31; Page: 540; Image: 497; Family History Library Film: 337907. [1]
  8. ↑ Donald E. Bishop, Descendants of Bartholomew Stovall (1655-1722): first five American generations (The Stovall Family Association, Inc.: 1999), pp. 13–14, 58-61, Aaron and Delilah (Stovall) Pinson.
  9. ↑ Granville County Will Book 5: 143-144, Aron Pinson (1801; digital images 544-545, FamilySearch, FHL microfilm 18,972; citing Granville County, North Carolina, wills, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  10. ↑ 820 U S Census; Census Place: Granville, North Carolina; Page: 35; NARA Roll: M33_85; Image: 29. [2]
  11. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Aaron Pinson", Ancestor # A089210.
  12. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Laurens, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 434; Image: 260; Family History Library Film: 0568151.

Genealogically Invalid Sources

  • FindAGrave memorial #49231696 for "Aaron Pinson II". This memorial shows no gravestone nor any other facts to support it's claims. The burial site location isn't even known. Furthermore it makes the patently absurd claim that Aaron was born in Grayson County, Virginia, which wasn't even created until 1792 and was never near where Aaron's parents were living (Spotsylvania County) at the time of his birth, as proven by multiple land records. At best, the site is an example of shoddy research.




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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
I will create a new son, Isaac...DAR records will be used.
posted by Robin Lee
Shoults-17 Janne (Shoults) Gorman
DAR Records for this Aaron Pinson give his dob as circa 1722, in Brunswick county, VA: https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A113683
posted by Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Gary Pinson
This source bears the statement: " FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE", which is linked to a footnote stating: "The proof of service used to establish this person as a patriot is no longer valid. Subsequent evaluation of the proof of service may have determined that the proof is not acceptable under today’s standards (examples: tombstone, obituary, undocumented genealogy or county history, family tradition); the service belongs to another person of the same name..."

In fact, the document used was really that of Aaron's cousin of the same name, but known as the Reverend Aaron PInson, or to his adult son of the same name. The DAR page also gives this information: "1) NO SVC CAN BE FOUND AT THIS TIME IN ANY ACCEPTABLE SOURCES Created: 2007-06-22 11:14:41.147, Updated: , By: sjohnson 2) THE AARON PINSON WHO FURNISHED SUPPLIES/CLOTHING WAS PAID IN Created: 2007-06-22 11:15:06.16, Updated: , By: sjohnson 3) MORGAN DIST IN FAR WESTERN NC DATA IN CORRECTIONS FILE " In the Revolutionary War period, North Carolina Counties were grouped into Districts. The Morgan Disrict was created in 1782 from 6 far western Counties including Sullivan, Washington, and Wilkes, which all contained land in present day Tennessee. This is where the Reverend Aaron Pinson and his sons were living during the War period and until the mid 1780's This is proven by multiple records and his son Joseph's pension file. Records indicate that Aaron Pinson JR of this profile stayed in a tight area on the Virginia/North Carolina border from early childhood until his death c 1801. This area was far to the east of the Morgan District cited above and included Brunswick Countty, Virginia, and it's issue counties, and adjacent Granville County, N.C. You can't use this as a source for this Aaron Pinson (Pinson-574).

posted by Gary Pinson
Gary Pinson
They are not the same people. Aaron Pinson Jr, who married Delilah Stovall, (574) was the son of Aaron Pinson Sr. who was in Spottsylvania Co. VA by the late 1720s and moved to Brunswick (later Lunenburg) Co. Va, on the N.C. border, by 1733, when he was visited by Col Wm Byrd.

Aaron Pinson Jr lived in Mecklinburg Co. Va (formed from Lunenburg), then crossed the state line and resided in Granville Co N.C. where records show he was a member of the Grassy Creek Baptist Church in 1776 and in 1778 on a list of those not signing the oath of Allegiance to the state of North Carolina. in 1781 he paid tax in the county line district of Granville Co. In 1782 he was named in his father in laws, John Stovall's, will. He became blind in his latter years and was exempted from paying taxes in 1786. Among other documents he was listed on the 1800 federal census for Granville Co. N.C. where he wrote his will on 5 April 1801 signing with an "X". The will was proven in Granville Co. and named his children. In contrast, his probable first cousin, Reverend Aaron Pinson (, left the Fairfax Va area by the early 1750's and settled in Orange Co. N.C. with Joseph Pinson, who was certainly his brother. This Aaron was a lieutenant in the Orange Co. Militia and owned a gristmill. Brother Joseph owned a ferry and ordinary. Aaron and Joseph moved to 96th district (Later Laurens Co) in the 1770s. Aaron became a Baptist minister. Much more can be added, but Reverend Aaron died in Laurens Co SC leaving a will dated 21 Feb. 1794 naming his wife Elizabeth (Maiden Name Unknown) and half of his children. His estate wasn't probated until 1801, after his wife's death, and all his (living) children participated. The difference between the two Aaron Pinsons (Pinson-574 and Pinson-48) has been well known among dedicated Pinson researchers for over 50 years. The problem arises when new genealogists publish information without first learning about the families. Because the two Pinson groups were closely related, as supported by DNA evidence, they had very similar naming patterns which confuse newbies. For instance, both the above Aaron Pinson's named sons Isaac. Aaron Jr named a son Thomas and the Rev Aaron is also believed to have had a son Thomas who predeceased him. People who publish without first gathering facts and building a timeline, do us a disservice, because they create confusion. Other newbies follow and publish, in other venues, the misinformation posted. And so on, and so on, until nonsense is accepted as fact. "If everyone is posting it, it must be true." NOT!

posted by Gary Pinson
edited by Gary Pinson
[Living Spencer]
Pinson-769 and Pinson-574 appear to represent the same person because: These two profiles represent the same person. Our research needs to merge for accuracy, please.
posted by [Living Spencer]
Kathy (Gunter) Sullivan
Pinson-574 and Pinson-48 do not appear to be the same person. They had different wives (Delilah and Elizabeth), they had different children, the two men executed wills on different dates (1794 and 1801) in two different states (South Carolina and North Carolina).

The problem with both profiles is that each claims the same parents for the two different men.

posted by Kathy (Gunter) Sullivan

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